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Summary: A Good Starting Place..
Review: After reading some of the reviews, I feel I have to defend one of my favorite books, so here it goes:"Deliver Us From Evie" is one of the first lesbian novels that I've read and enjoyed. I liked Evie as a character and found her intriguing. Though I wish that the book was through her point of view instead of her brother's, I feel that looking at homosexuality through the eyes of an onlooker is a good start for people curious or interested in learning about homosexuality, but not ready to read about it first hand. From this book, I moved on to more in depth books such as, 'Annie on My Mind' and 'Good Moon Rising',but I still look back at 'Deliver Us From Evie' as one of my favorites. P.S. For those who protest Evie being too masculine, well as Evie herself said, some of them DO look it.
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Summary: A Good Starting Place..
Review: After reading some of the reviews, I feel I have to defend one of my favorite books, so here it goes: "Deliver Us From Evie" is one of the first lesbian novels that I've read and enjoyed. I liked Evie as a character and found her intriguing. Though I wish that the book was through her point of view instead of her brother's, I feel that looking at homosexuality through the eyes of an onlooker is a good start for people curious or interested in learning about homosexuality, but not ready to read about it first hand. From this book, I moved on to more in depth books such as, 'Annie on My Mind' and 'Good Moon Rising',but I still look back at 'Deliver Us From Evie' as one of my favorites. P.S. For those who protest Evie being too masculine, well as Evie herself said, some of them DO look it.
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Summary: Looks can be decieving!
Review: Deliver us from Evie is a coming out of the closet book for teens. The book is about Evie Burrman and it is told through the eyes of her younger brother Parr. The Burrman family live on a farm typical of that area in Missouri. Evie has always been a unique girl. Out of the three children she was the one who knew how to fix many of the mechanic things though she was the girl. She dressed like a man and was a loner. Her parents especially her mother knew she was different but tried to change her. The mother thought that inviting over Cord (a boy who liked her) trying to get her to dress more womanly would change her. Everything comes full circle when the banker's daughter started befriended Evie. Parr from his narration conveys the feelings of the family especially how the mom and dad knew this was no ordinary girlfriend friendship. Parr discusses what happens when the relationship becomes known and how he and the family deal with the neighbors when rumors begin to flow. The book not only touches on Evie situation but Doug (the oldest son) going off to college and eventually deciding not taking up a life on the farm and Parr wrestling with guilt of not wanting the farm life and his coming of age with a relationship with a young lady name Angel. I think it is a great book for teens who may also be going through feelings like Evie or not sure of how they feel.
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Summary: Kerr's Usual Intrigue is Missing
Review: Deliver Us from Evie, about a mid-western rural family's struggles with saving the farm, kids leaving the homestead, and lesbianism is the story told by first person narrator, 15 year old Parr. His sister Evie, an excellent mechanic and farmer, is useful to the family farm because of her skills, but her sexual preference creates for the family many financial problems including a scandalous affair with the daughter of the town's prominent banker causing a threat to the farm's existence. This story is about stereotypes; I just cannot figure out who is doing the stereotyping--Evie's family members or the author, M. E. Kerr, including the notion that fundamental Christians who are trailer park dwellers are "holy rollers" and are likely to show intolerance.
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Summary: Well told
Review: Deliver Us From Evie, while well told, was not easy to keep my mind on while I attemted to read, and several times I found my attention wandering. It is slightly off-center, in that the title-foretold Evie and her sexual orientation take a place slightly left of the center to Parr, the narrarator and Evie's younger brother. This is not truly a problem, as it can be pleasant to find books in which a gay character's sexuality is not the focal point, but comes into play as with heterosexual characters; I just wish that such had not been so trumpeted as the main theme. In addition, the story is told in an if not emotionless, than less emotional and drier way. Still, I found that Deliver Us From Evie achieved excellence in the antistereotype department as it presented readers with one lesbian as a typical "butch" and another, a "girly-girl" prep. It would likely please a person who possesses the ability to concentrate even when a story doesn't progress at the fastest pace, but is well-written and can encourage the reader to think, and a person who isn't looking for a dramatic gay coming-out tale, else they would be sorely dissapointed.
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Summary: My Opinion
Review: Deliver Us From Evie
Deliver Us From Evie is a book about a girl from a small town. I first got this book without reading the summary, simply because Kerr is a good author. Thinking this book would be a comedy or a thriller, I began reading. I was very surprised to find this book was about a lesbian and the troubles she went through with her family. Evie lives in a farm, and shocks everyone in her town when she admits who she is.
This was a very interesting book, even though I disagree with the subject. Kerr did a great job giving detail and making the subject realistic enough to grab your attention. An interesting plot, whether you may be for or against homosexuality. This book challenges stereotypes. I recommend this book, but only after you have read the summary and know what the book is about.
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Summary: Deliver Us From Evie
Review: Deliver Us From Evie
Deliver Us From Evie is a book about a girl from a small town. I first got this book without reading the summary, simply because Kerr is a good author. Thinking this would be a comedy, or a thriller, I began reading. I was very surprised to find this book was about a lesbian and the troubles she went through with her family. Evie lives on a farm, and shocks everyone in her town when she admits who she is.
This was a very interesting book, even though I disagree with the subject. Kerr did a great job giving detail and making the subject realistic enough to grab your attention. An interesting plot, whether you may be for or against homosexuality. This book challenges stereotypes. I recommend this book, but only after you have read the summary and know what the book is about.
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Summary: It's keyword should be "FARMING."
Review: Deliver us from...who? This book, much to my surprise, isn't about Evie. It's about her younger brother Parr and his irrepressible urge to get away from his family life on the farm. It doesn't focus on Evie, her coming out of the closet, her family's reaction (as a matter of fact, that only covered about two sentences!). It focuses on Parr. On his finding a girlfriend, on his wanting to drive, on his desire to NOT follow the family footsteps. It's all about Parr. There are a FEW glimpses at this curious creature called Evie. Her outgoing nature, her gruff sense of humor, the fact that she always insists on wearing men's clothing. She's made out to be the stereotypical dyke - she wears jeans and leather, she refuses to wear her hair long, she turns her nose up to make-up, she loves hard work and fixing things, she's her dad's best buddy. Evie is made out to be so masculine, there are times you forget she's a girl, a lesbian, and think she's just one of the guys. As a lesbian myself, always trying to fight that stifling stereotype, I have to say that I was very offended. If you're looking for good lesbian fiction, skip this book. If you're looking for a quick read, mostly about farming, go for it.
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Summary: Evie
Review: Evie is a girl that lives in the country that there family raises chickens. In the book Deliver Us From Evie she is a transfer student and now goes to Duffon High School. She lives in Mississippi and lives on a ranch. In the book Evie and her dad are closer together then the rest of the family. I know this because on of Christmas, when Evie's dad and mom were passing out gifts, her dad wanted to wait and her mom didn't. When it was Valentine's Day, Evie was in the shower and her mom said, "Hurry up". So when she was still in the shower her mom went to go look for the gifts, and her mom stumbled over a gift that said, "To Angel from Evie, I love you." When her mom found this she ask Evie, and Evie came out and said that "I'm gay".
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Summary: Definetly 4 Star rating!
Review: I found Deliver Us from Evie a quick read that gave me a better portrayal of being a lesbian/gay in a typical small town. With many books, I find my mind wandering off to thinking about something else while reading words on a page, and that's all it ends up being is words on a page. This book mostly grabbed my attention with only a few times where I found myself getting anxious for the end. I did, however, finish to the last word and I was glad I did. For all those people who are in a similar situation could benefit from reading this book to gain strength they may need. Overall I think the author was trying to send the message of being true to yourself because there will always be a way to find your happiness.
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